Management of pharmacy kits
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1. A system for managing a pharmacy kit, comprising:
- a pharmacy kit container that provides electromagnetic shielding; and
an information processing system communicatively coupled to a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, the information processing system comprising a computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to;
receive tag information of a plurality of RFID tags coupled to a plurality of pharmacy item containers based at least in part on an antenna emitting a radio signal at least within the pharmacy kit container,wherein the plurality of pharmacy item containers are configured to store a plurality of pharmacy items,wherein a particular RFID tag of the plurality of RFID tags is coupled to a particular pharmacy item container of the plurality of pharmacy item containers and the particular pharmacy item container is configured to store a particular pharmacy item of the plurality of pharmacy items, andwherein the particular RFID tag is associated with particular pharmacy item data comprising at least an identifier of the particular pharmacy item;
verify a pharmacy kit based at least in part on a pharmacy kit template, wherein the pharmacy kit template comprises at least one segment and indicates one or more pharmacy items that satisfy the at least one segment, wherein to verify the pharmacy kit, the computer-executable instructions cause the one or more processors to at least;
determine that a first pharmacy item that satisfies the at least one segment is not present using the tag information and the pharmacy kit template, anddetermine that a substitute first pharmacy item is present using the tag information and the pharmacy kit template; and
cause a display to display results of the verification of the plurality of pharmacy items including information regarding the substitute first pharmacy item.
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Abstract
A system for managing pharmacy kits comprises a reading station configured to read tag information from a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags associated with a pharmacy kit, and an information processing system operatively connected to the reading station and configured to receive the tag information from the reading station and determine a status of the pharmacy kit based on the tag information, a plurality of stored templates defining contents to be included in each of a plurality of pharmacy kits, and a plurality of kit records indicating the current contents of a plurality of pharmacy kits.
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1. A system for managing a pharmacy kit, comprising:
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a pharmacy kit container that provides electromagnetic shielding; and an information processing system communicatively coupled to a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, the information processing system comprising a computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to; receive tag information of a plurality of RFID tags coupled to a plurality of pharmacy item containers based at least in part on an antenna emitting a radio signal at least within the pharmacy kit container, wherein the plurality of pharmacy item containers are configured to store a plurality of pharmacy items, wherein a particular RFID tag of the plurality of RFID tags is coupled to a particular pharmacy item container of the plurality of pharmacy item containers and the particular pharmacy item container is configured to store a particular pharmacy item of the plurality of pharmacy items, and wherein the particular RFID tag is associated with particular pharmacy item data comprising at least an identifier of the particular pharmacy item; verify a pharmacy kit based at least in part on a pharmacy kit template, wherein the pharmacy kit template comprises at least one segment and indicates one or more pharmacy items that satisfy the at least one segment, wherein to verify the pharmacy kit, the computer-executable instructions cause the one or more processors to at least; determine that a first pharmacy item that satisfies the at least one segment is not present using the tag information and the pharmacy kit template, and determine that a substitute first pharmacy item is present using the tag information and the pharmacy kit template; and cause a display to display results of the verification of the plurality of pharmacy items including information regarding the substitute first pharmacy item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 29, 30)
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10. A method of managing a pharmacy kit, comprising:
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receiving tag information of a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags coupled to a plurality of pharmacy item containers based at least in part on an antenna emitting a radio signal at least within a pharmacy kit container that provides electromagnetic shielding, wherein the plurality of pharmacy item containers are configured to store a plurality of pharmacy items, wherein a particular RFID tag of the plurality of RFID tags is coupled to a particular pharmacy item container of the plurality of pharmacy item containers and the particular pharmacy item container is configured to store a particular pharmacy item of the plurality of pharmacy items, and wherein the particular RFID tag is associated with particular pharmacy item data comprising at least an identifier of the particular pharmacy item; verifying a pharmacy kit based at least in part on a pharmacy kit template, wherein the pharmacy kit template comprises at least one segment and indicates one or more pharmacy items that satisfy the at least one segment, wherein verifying the pharmacy kit comprises; determining that a first pharmacy item that satisfies the at least one segment is not present using the tag information and the pharmacy kit template, and determining that a substitute first pharmacy item is present using the tag information and the pharmacy kit template; and causing a display to display results of the verification of the plurality of pharmacy items including information regarding the substitute first pharmacy item. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for managing a pharmacy kit, comprising:
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a pharmacy kit container that provides electromagnetic shielding; and an information processing system communicatively coupled to a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, the information processing system comprising a computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to; receive tag information of a plurality of RFID tags coupled to a plurality of pharmacy item containers based at least in part on an antenna emitting a radio signal at least within the pharmacy kit container, wherein the plurality of pharmacy item containers are configured to store a plurality of pharmacy items, wherein a particular RFID tag of the plurality of RFID tags is coupled to a particular pharmacy item container of the plurality of pharmacy item containers and the particular pharmacy item container is configured to store a particular pharmacy item of the plurality of pharmacy items, and wherein the particular RFID tag is associated with particular pharmacy item data comprising at least an identifier of the particular pharmacy item and an expiration of the particular pharmacy item; verify a pharmacy kit based at least in part on a pharmacy kit template, wherein the pharmacy kit template indicates a group of pharmacy items that form at least a portion of the pharmacy kit, wherein to verify the pharmacy kit, the computer-executable instructions cause the one or more processors to; determine whether the plurality of pharmacy items correspond to the group of pharmacy items that form the at least a portion of the pharmacy kit using the tag information and the pharmacy kit template, and determine whether the plurality of pharmacy items satisfy an expiration threshold; and cause a display to display results of the verification of the pharmacy kit including information regarding any of the plurality of pharmacy items that do not satisfy the expiration threshold. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for managing a pharmacy kit, comprising:
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receiving tag information of a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags coupled to a plurality of pharmacy item containers based at least in part on an antenna emitting a radio signal at least within a pharmacy kit container that provides electromagnetic shielding, wherein the plurality of pharmacy item containers are configured to store a plurality of pharmacy items, wherein a particular RFID tag of the plurality of RFID tags is coupled to a particular pharmacy item container of the plurality of pharmacy item containers and the particular pharmacy item container is configured to store a particular pharmacy item of the plurality of pharmacy items, and wherein the particular RFID tag is associated with particular pharmacy item data comprising at least an identifier of the particular pharmacy item; verifying a pharmacy kit based at least in part on a pharmacy kit template, wherein the pharmacy kit template indicates a group of pharmacy items that form at least a portion of the pharmacy kit, wherein verifying the pharmacy kit comprises; determining whether the plurality of pharmacy items correspond to the group of pharmacy items that form the at least a portion of the pharmacy kit using the tag information with the pharmacy kit template, and determining whether the plurality of pharmacy items satisfy a pharmacy item expiration threshold; and causing a display to display results of the verification of the pharmacy kit including information regarding any of the plurality of pharmacy items that do not satisfy the expiration threshold. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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